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Photo © by rka
Brickfield, Trinidad, April 2004

Eudocimus ruber

Identification

Immature
Photo © by rka
Caroni Swamp, Trinidad, October 2018

56-71 cm (22-28 in)

Scarlet plumage
Black wing-tips
Long curved bill

Juvenile

Greyish-white with gradual change to scarlet

Distribution

South America and Trinidad and Tobago.

Introduced/escaped birds are occasionally seen in Florida and possibly elsewhere.

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species¹.

Habitat

Photo © by gaviao-real
Ilha de Marajó, Brazil, July 2007

Mangrove swamps, lagoons and coastal mudflats.

Behaviour

Breeding

The stick nest is built by both adults. The clutch consists of 2-4 dull green, brown streaked eggs which are incubated for 23 days.

Diet

The diet includes crustaceans and similar small marine animals.

In Culture

National bird of Trinidad.

References

Clements, J. F., T. S. Schulenberg, M. J. Iliff, D. Roberson, T. A. Fredericks, B. L. Sullivan, and C. L. Wood. 2018. The eBird/Clements checklist of birds of the world: v2018. Downloaded from http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist/download/
BF Member observations

List of references

Recommended Citation

BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Scarlet Ibis. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 10 June 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Scarlet_Ibis

External Links

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+[[Image:Scarlet_Ibis.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|rka|rka}}<br />Brickfield, [[Trinidad]], April 2004]]
 ;[[:Category:Eudocimus|Eudocimus]] ruber
-[[Image:Scarlet_Ibis.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by rka<br />Photo taken: Brickfield, [[Trinidad]].]]
 ==Identification==
--61 cm.  Scarlet, except for black wing-tips, long curved bill.  A juvenile  is grey/white in colour; as it grows, the ingestion of red crabs gradually produces the scarlet plumage.
+[[Image:8F36520E-8A00-4444-A952-5F38880FD6C9.jpeg|thumb|350px|right|Immature<br />Photo &copy; by {{user|rka|rka}}<br />Caroni Swamp, [[Trinidad]], October 2018]]
+-71 cm (22-28 in)
+*Scarlet plumage
+*Black wing-tips
+*Long curved bill<br />
+'''Juvenile'''
+*Greyish-white with gradual change to scarlet
 ==Distribution==
 [[South America]] and [[Trinidad]] and [[Tobago]].
+Introduced/escaped birds are occasionally seen in [[Florida]] and possibly elsewhere.
 ==Taxonomy==
+This is a [[Dictionary_M-O#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|1]]</sup>.
 ==Habitat==
-Tropical forests.
+[[Image:RV8P0338-scarlet-ibis1.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Photo &copy; by {{user|gaviao-real|gaviao-real}}<br />Ilha de Marajó, [[Brazil]], July 2007]]
+Mangrove swamps, lagoons and coastal mudflats.
 ==Behaviour==
-Both sexes build the nest of loose sticks in trees and 2-4 dull green, brown streaked eggs are laid, and are incubated for 23 days.
+====Breeding====
+The stick nest is built by both adults. The clutch consists of 2-4 dull green, brown streaked eggs  which are incubated for 23 days.
 ====Diet====
 The diet includes crustaceans and similar small marine animals.
+==In Culture==
+National bird of Trinidad.
+==References==
+#{{Ref-Clements6thAug18}}#BF Member observations
+{{ref}}
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+{{GSearch|"Eudocimus ruber" {{!}} "Scarlet Ibis" -"albus" -"spoonbill" }}
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